Technische Universität Berlin Admission Requirements 2027

TU Berlin is a public technical university and, like Berlin's other state universities, charges no tuition fee to international students in regular degree programmes. Deadlines are published a year or more ahead and follow a stable annual pattern that differs for German-taught, English-taught and open-admission programmes.

Requirements

Bachelor's

A higher education entrance qualification recognised as equivalent to the Abitur is required.

Master's

A relevant Bachelor's degree is required. Applicants whose degree is from a foreign university need a uni-assist VPD before applying, and subject-specific admission requirements are published per programme.

Documents

A uni-assist VPD for a foreign first degree; certified copies of school and degree certificates and transcripts; a language certificate meeting the programme's required level (TOEFL applicants should use uni-assist code 2727 for the test centre); and, for many programmes, a CV and letter of motivation.

How to apply

Register with uni-assist and request a VPD for your foreign qualification well ahead of TU Berlin's deadline, since this can take several weeks.
Choose a programme and note whether it has restricted or open admission and its language of instruction, since each has a different deadline.
Submit your application by the relevant date: 15 May (English-taught, restricted), 15 June (German-taught, restricted) or 31 August (open admission) for the winter semester.
Wait for the admission decision.
If admitted, apply for a student visa if coming from outside the EU/EEA, arrange health insurance, pay the semester contribution, and enrol.

English test waiver

TU Berlin's Faculty IV asks specifically for IELTS 6.5 even though a B2-level 5.5 would otherwise satisfy the CEFR requirement; other faculties cite figures from TOEFL iBT 80 to 87 and IELTS 6.5, with PTE Academic 65 or higher also accepted in some. A recognised prior degree taught fully in English from a defined list of predominantly English-speaking countries can be accepted instead of a test.